Mac Mini 1.66 (32-bit) no sound on Windows 7

Question

I've tried everything I could to get the sound working. I've tried to install the drivers from the Snow Leopard disk, then I went and got the latest RealTek drivers from the RealTek website. Then I read that old Mac mini's could have an integrated Cirrus chip, and I tried to grab the latest driver from the website, and it appeared to install, but nothing.

There's also nothing listed under Sound and ... in the Device Manager. I've tried to manually include a legacy driver, which worked for RealTek but not for the Cirrus driver. Of course it said there was no RealTek hardware install, which makes me think it's a Cirrus chip.

Any further suggestions or thoughts would be really appreciated.

This is a Mac Mini 1.66. I'm also not sure how to be able to detect what card is integrated into the system, so that would be helpful too (remembering that there's no driver installed). Even just to get the chip type would be great to confirm.

Solution 1

The only solution I was able to make work was getting a USB audio card. Specifically I got the Creative Blaster x-fi Pro

Solution 2

Try updating the sound drivers to the latest Realtek drivers.

http://www.sevenforums.com/sound-audio/3756-latest-realtek-hd-audio-driver-version.html

I had to use the second link to get the realtek site to actually work.

http://218.210.127.131/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Comments

[nc4pk]

what is the model number on the bottom? it should start with MA...

[harrymc]

Did you run Windows Update? That might update the drivers properly.

[Steph]

@tapped-out The closest I could find was m40a. However looking up the serial, here's the specs page: support.apple.com/kb/SP29

[Steph]

Windows is fully updated.

[Admin]

Is it working on OS X or at startup?

[Steph]

yes it works on OS X so it's not a bad chip

[Ajay]

This doesn't really answer OP's question.

[Wk_of_Angmar]

This comment is by the OP.

[leye0]

An answer pointing to a commercial product isn't an answer.